A lot of being a sports fan is about remembering all the stuff that happened in the past. Great games. Transcendent seasons. Names of dudes. Things of that nature.
Being a Missouri football fan is all that...plus recalling the most heinous, unthinkable ways your team has lost.
Bert Coan. The Fifth Down. The Flea Kicker. The Trojan Horse. Hell in a Hank Baskett. DOOOOIIIIINNNNNNNK.
Mizzou fans are good fans all around but elite at recalling all the eternal scars on the sports body of work and telling you exactly how they were hurt.
Eli Drinkwitz has quietly been replacing those tragedies with the ever-elusive close wins and positive memories.